Cotillion
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4.1 • 207 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
The bestselling Queen of Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer, brings her signature wit and humor to this fake engagement love story, with charming results.
A most unusual hero
Freddy is immensely rich, of course, and not bad-looking, but he's mild-mannered, a bit hapless—not anything like his virile, handsome, rakish cousin Jack…
A heroine in a difficult situation
Young Kitty Charing stands to inherit a vast fortune from her irascible and eccentric guardian—provided she marries one of his great-nephews…
A sham betrothal
No sooner does Kitty arrive in London then the race for her hand begins, but between confirmed rakes and bumbling affections, Kitty needs a daring scheme…
Praise for Georgette Heyer and Cotillion:
"Sparkling"—Independent on Sunday
"Triumphantly good…Georgette Heyer is unbeatable."—Sunday Telegraph
"My favourite historical novelist."—Margaret Drabble
"Thus begins Cotillion, arguably the funniest, most charming of Georgette Heyer's many delightful Regency romances."—Amazon.co.uk
Customer Reviews
A silly tale but very funny
Heyer characterizes the very upper crust of British nobility in the Regency period with vey finely crafted dialog and description. I laughed out loud and had to keep reading for the verbal caricature and to make sure that everyone who deserved to live happily ever after really ended up doing so.
My favorite Heyer!
Loved Cotillion. The hero is a surprise and there's so much humor. I've laughed aloud and reread many times.
Gave me a headache!
If you want to read something that sounds like it was written by some old woman two hundred years ago, then you should jump right on this. I simply do not have the patience.